Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) A case shall be
closed when the individual has achieved an employment outcome, is determined
ineligible, is not available, declines further service, or when the
individual's actions or inactions materially interfere with providing
services.
(2) Successfully
Rehabilitated. For an individual to be considered successfully rehabilitated,
the individual must have been:
(a) Determined
to be eligible;
(b) Provided an
assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation
needs;
(c) Provided services from
the division in accordance with the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE);
and,
(d) Determined to have
achieved and maintained an employment outcome for at least ninety (90)
days.
(3) Closure for
Reasons Other Than Rehabilitated. An individual's case record may also be
closed for the following reasons:
(a) The
individual has moved without a forwarding address, cannot be located or
contacted, is otherwise unavailable, or has left the state and shows no
intentions of continuing in their vocational rehabilitation program;
(b) The individual's mental or physical
disability has been documented as too severe for the individual to benefit from
vocational rehabilitation services in terms of employment;
(c) The individual chooses not to participate
or continue in his or her vocational rehabilitation program;
(d) Death;
(e) The individual has entered an institution
and will be unavailable to participate in a vocational rehabilitation program
for an indefinite or considerable period of time. Institutions include,
hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and jails, and treatment centers;
(f) The individual needs services that are
more appropriately attained elsewhere. Transfer to the other agency indicates
that appropriate referral information is forwarded to the other agency so that
agency may provide services more effectively;
(g) The individual's actions or inactions
make it impossible to begin or continue a vocational rehabilitation program.
Examples of actions or inactions that materially interfere with providing
services include:
1. Unreasonable failure to
sign an IPE or an amendment to an IPE, or violations of the IPE;
2. Continued unavailability or continued
failure to keep scheduled appointments;
3. Repeated failure to comply with reasonable
requests for diagnostic assessments, or
4. Threatening bodily harm to division
employees or destruction of division property.
(h) The individual is not eligible for
vocational rehabilitation services because no physical or mental impairment
exists;
(i) The individual is not
eligible for vocational rehabilitation services because his or her physical or
mental impairment does not constitute a substantial impediment to
employment;
(j) The individual may
have benefited from the provision of supported employment services but no
source of extended services was available;
(k) The individual received services and was
placed in a non-integrated setting for a public or non-profit organization,
or
(l) Other reasons as appropriate
in the circumstances.
(4)
Post-Employment Closures. The division may close the case of an individual to
whom the division has provided post-employment services and who has achieved
employment thereby, or for other appropriate reason.
Rulemaking Authority
413.22,
1001.02 FS. Law Implemented
413.24,
413.28,
413.30
FS.
New 5-14-12, Formerly
38J-1.007.
